When do you start teaching poetry in your classroom? If you wait until April because it's National Poetry Month, consider introducing poetry during the first few months of the school year instead. In ...
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A few years ago I posted a question on Facebook asking teachers to tell me their favorite book to read aloud for Earth Day, and Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg was the top recommendation. I had not...
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If you're looking for a fun and educational math game for your students to play on St. Patrick's Day, Leprechaun Luck might be exactly what you need! But then again, it might not, and that's where the...
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Whether you'll be starting the school year online, in the classroom, or both, one of your biggest challenges will be finding digital resources that can be adapted for the new reality of teaching durin...
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Seating students together is not enough to ensure teamwork. Many kids have very little idea how to interact appropriately with their classmates. They simply lack the social skills needed to perform th...
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Seasonal lessons are perfect for the weeks leading up to the winter holidays. Those days can be chaotic, so it's important to plan lessons that are both meaningful and fun. Kids are more likely to sta...
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Have you ever heard of Pay It Forward Day? Each year, on April 28th, we’re encouraged to perform random acts of kindness for friends, family members, and even total strangers. The Pay it Forward Da...
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Cooperative learning lessons are awesome for engaging students in the learning process, but sometimes a team will become overly enthusiastic and noisy. Even if everyone is still on task, their energet...
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With the Common Core emphasis on teaching informational text, you might be wondering where to find appropriate texts for reading instruction. Most classrooms are overflowing with great children's lite...
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Dr. Howard Gardner first proposed Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory over 40 years ago, suggesting that IQ is not one-dimensional, and that it can't be described by a single number. Instead, he propose...
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Do you listen to podcasts? I've been listening to them off and on for a few years, but it wasn't until recently that I became a podcast fanatic. My addiction started last fall when my husband and I w...
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